[Thespiritexpress] Let's Get Married!
Roz
roz at mcn.org
Tue May 30 07:40:56 PDT 2023
I love this beautiful poem so much, Riantee!! So deep and true and you are blessed with 60 years of knowing this, the ins and outs. You are such a jewel in my life!
Lots of love, Roz
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> On May 29, 2023, at 8:34 PM, Richard Rasmussen via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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> Wonderful.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On May 29, 2023, at 14:15, dennis jecmen via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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>> Riantee=E2=80=A6. the depth and range of what you express is =
>> truly amazing.
>> Dennis
>>
>>>> On May 29, 2023, at 10:17 AM, dennis jecmen via Thespiritexpress =
>>> <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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>>>> On Mar 8, 2023, at 11:31 AM, Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress =
>> <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org <mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org>> =
>> wrote:
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>>>> This poem says it all=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6such an honor to have received =
>> it then=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6..and again and again=E2=80=A6..each time
>>>> I read it, it enters more deeply.=20
>>>> It speaks to your own true knowing of what it takes to sustain, =
>> maintain and keep the sparks flying
>>>> in the adventure of relationship. Your poems are such inspiration, =
>> Riante! You are indeed a treasure
>>>> in our lives. With so much love and aloha! T
>>>> =20
>>>>> On Mar 7, 2023, at 8:30 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress =
>> <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org <mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org>> =
>> wrote:
>>>>> =20
>>>>> The poem I wrote for Toni and Ron when they were about to get =
>> married.
>>>>>> =20
>>>>>> Holy Marriage =E2=80=93 After Annie Lclerc
>>>>>> =20
>>>>>> For our most ancient dream to come alive
>>>>>> let=E2=80=99s not flee from commitment
>>>>>> but have the heart to face it
>>>>>> for it is the true quest of life
>>>>>> its highest challenge and accomplishment.
>>>>>> Refusing to take a vow is not freedom;
>>>>>> free are those who having faced the nature of love
>>>>>> its chasms, empty passageways,
>>>>>> its triumphs and elations without any illusion,
>>>>>> embark on the ocean,
>>>>>> determined to live the adventure at all cost,
>>>>>> refusing neither the victories
>>>>>> nor the wreckages,
>>>>>> ready to lose everything they own
>>>>>> and willing to gain in the end what=E2=80=99s invaluable,
>>>>>> the kept promise,
>>>>>> the oath honored without deceit
>>>>>> in the meeting of two lives.
>>>>>> =20
>>>>>> There is a time for every season.
>>>>>> The inebriation of uncommitted ways
>>>>>> is fun to experience for a while and it should be,
>>>>>> but when the time for it has passed, it become lifeless.
>>>>>> The real tragedy for us would be
>>>>>> not to attempt the impossible,
>>>>>> to always remain within our own limits.
>>>>>> In marriage we constantly show each other those limits,
>>>>>> test them,
>>>>>> finding each other in our most hidden places,
>>>>>> bringing out the secret and shadowy parts
>>>>>> of one another.
>>>>>> =20
>>>>>> In each true meeting something unforeseen is present.
>>>>>> Every time we love we recreate completion,
>>>>>> and save our world from the absurd.
>>>>>> Love will be reborn through you
>>>>>> because it has only one goal, itself:
>>>>>> once more, through you, it gains existence.
>>>>>> You are called to love and to help,
>>>>>> so that love and service
>>>>>> can be of this world.
>>>>>> =20
>>>>>> What makes marriage so illuminating
>>>>>> is that it=E2=80=99s one of the relationships
>>>>>> that truly puts us to work.
>>>>>> Obstinate, undeterred from its purpose,
>>>>>> marriage is the pursuit through others
>>>>>> of our own truth,
>>>>>> our authentic voice.
>>>>>> =20
>>>>>> In the intimacy of bodies and souls
>>>>>> we access the reality of the lover.
>>>>>> We mix our breaths, our juices
>>>>>> when sharing our days and nights,
>>>>>> and in this way are entrusted to each other.
>>>>>> =20
>>>>>> There are such things as laws of being.
>>>>>> They decree the planetary course,
>>>>>> orchestrate the music of the spheres,
>>>>>> they arrange the corolla around the vibrant heart of the flower,
>>>>>> they give a pulse to the sap
>>>>>> that rises from the roots into the tree,
>>>>>> they create, for the child, a caring environment in its mother=E2=80=99=
>> s womb.
>>>>>> These same laws bind the beloved
>>>>>> to one another,
>>>>>> they breathe within them.
>>>>>> Once they have immersed themselves
>>>>>> in the glow of sacredness,
>>>>>> this in spite of their squabbles, of their severances,
>>>>>> of whatever they say, think or do,
>>>>>> these laws live within them.
>>>>>> =20
>>>>>> Our most ancient dream comes alive:
>>>>>> shared life, share food and drink
>>>>>> and which each taste, with each sip,
>>>>>> a certainty: I am loved.
>>>>>> Let us shout with this oldest of dream,
>>>>>> let us weep and laugh with it,
>>>>>> tremble with it,
>>>>>> let us dance and embrace it
>>>>>> this ancient dream:
>>>>>> to be loved without any motive.
>>>>>> even undeserving,
>>>>>> to be loved with no condition, no merit.
>>>>>> To be loved,
>>>>>> easy as that.
>>>>> =20
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>> class=3D"">Oooops, hit wrong button.<div class=3D""><br =
>> class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" =
>> style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>Riantee=E2=80=A6. the depth and =
>> range of what you express is truly amazing.</div><div class=3D""><span =
>> class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> =
>> </span>Dennis</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote =
>> type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On May 29, 2023, at 10:17 AM, =
>> dennis jecmen via Thespiritexpress <<a =
>> href=3D"mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org" =
>> class=3D"">thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br =
>> class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
>> http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html charset=3Dutf-8" =
>> class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: =
>> space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br =
>> class=3D""><div class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
>> class=3D"">On Mar 8, 2023, at 11:31 AM, Toni Bernbaum via =
>> Thespiritexpress <<a href=3D"mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org" =
>> class=3D"">thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br =
>> class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
>> http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" =
>> class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: =
>> space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">This poem says it =
>> all=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6such an honor to have received it then=E2=80=A6=E2=80=
>> =A6..and again and again=E2=80=A6..each time<div class=3D"">I read it, =
>> it enters more deeply. <br class=3D""><div class=3D"">It speaks to =
>> your own true knowing of what it takes to sustain, maintain and keep the =
>> sparks flying</div><div class=3D"">in the adventure of relationship. =
>> Your poems are such inspiration, Riante! You are indeed a =
>> treasure</div><div class=3D"">in our lives. With so much love and =
>> aloha! T<br class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><blockquote =
>> type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Mar 7, 2023, at 8:30 PM, =
>> Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a =
>> href=3D"mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org" =
>> class=3D"">thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br =
>> class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
>> http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" =
>> class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: =
>> space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">The poem I wrote for =
>> Toni and Ron when they were about to get married.<br class=3D""><div =
>> class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><br class=3D""><div =
>> class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
>> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Holy =
>> Marriage =E2=80=93 </span><span style=3D"font-size:9pt" class=3D"">After
>> Annie Lclerc<span class=3D""></span></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
>> style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
>> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
>> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
>> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
>> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">For =
>> our most ancient dream to come alive<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">let=E2=80=
>> =99s not flee from commitment<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">but have the heart to face it<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">for =
>> it is the true quest of life<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">its highest challenge and =
>> accomplishment.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Refusing to take a vow is not =
>> freedom;<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">free are those who having faced the nature of love<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">its =
>> chasms, empty passageways,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">its triumphs and elations without =
>> any illusion,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">embark on the ocean,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">determined to live the adventure at all cost,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">refusing neither the victories<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">nor =
>> the wreckages,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">ready to lose everything they =
>> own<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">and willing to gain in the end what=E2=80=99s =
>> invaluable,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">the kept promise,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">the oath honored without deceit<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">in =
>> the meeting of two lives.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><p =
>> class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
>> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
>> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
>> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
>> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">There =
>> is a time for every season.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">The inebriation of uncommitted =
>> ways<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">is fun to experience for a while and it should be,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">but =
>> when the time for it has passed, it become
>> lifeless.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">The real tragedy for us would be<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">not =
>> to attempt the impossible,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">to always remain within our own =
>> limits.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">In marriage we constantly show each other those
>> limits,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">test them,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">finding each other in our most =
>> hidden places,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">bringing out the secret and shadowy =
>> parts<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">of one another.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><p =
>> class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
>> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
>> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
>> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
>> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">In =
>> each true meeting something unforeseen is present.<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Every =
>> time we love we recreate completion,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">and =
>> save our world from the absurd.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Love will be reborn through you<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">because=
>> it has only one goal, itself:<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">once more, through you, it gains =
>> existence.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">You are called to love and to help,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">so =
>> that love and service<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">can be of this world.<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
>> style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
>> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
>> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
>> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
>> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">What =
>> makes marriage so illuminating<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">is that it=E2=80=99s one of the =
>> relationships<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">that truly puts us to work.<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">Obstinate, undeterred from its purpose,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">marriage is the pursuit through others<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">of =
>> our own truth,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">our authentic voice.<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
>> style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
>> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
>> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
>> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
>> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">In =
>> the intimacy of bodies and souls<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">we access the reality of the =
>> lover.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">We mix our breaths, our juices<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">when =
>> sharing our days and nights,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">and in this way are entrusted to =
>> each other.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
>> style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
>> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
>> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
>> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
>> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">There =
>> are such things as laws of being.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div=
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">They decree the planetary =
>> course,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">orchestrate the music of the spheres,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">they =
>> arrange the corolla around the vibrant heart of
>> the flower,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">they give a pulse to the sap<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">that =
>> rises from the roots into the tree,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">they =
>> create, for the child, a caring environment in
>> its mother=E2=80=99s womb.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">These same laws bind the =
>> beloved<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">to one another,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">they breathe within them.<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Once =
>> they have immersed themselves<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">in the glow of sacredness,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">this =
>> in spite of their squabbles, of their severances,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">of =
>> whatever they say, think or do,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">these laws live within them.<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
>> style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
>> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
>> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
>> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
>> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Our =
>> most ancient dream comes alive:<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">shared life, share food and =
>> drink<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">and which each taste, with each sip,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">a =
>> certainty: I am loved.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Let us shout with this oldest of =
>> dream,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">let us weep and laugh with it,<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">tremble=
>> with it,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">let us dance and embrace it<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">this =
>> ancient dream:<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
>> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
>> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
>> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">to be loved without any motive.<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">even =
>> undeserving,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align:=
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">to be loved with no condition, no merit.<span =
>> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
>> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
>> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">To be =
>> loved,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
>> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
>> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
>> class=3D"">easy as that.<span class=3D""></span></span></div>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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